By Kris Osborn
The Air Force’s new stealthy long-range bomber will have the endurance and next-generation stealth capability to elude the most advanced existing air defenses and attack anywhere in the world, if needed, senior service officials said.
The Air Force will soon award a production contract for its new Long Range Strike – Bomber, or LRS-B, a next-generation stealth aircraft designed to introduce new stealth technology and fly alongside, and ultimately replace, the service’s existing B-2 bomber.
“With LRS-B, I can take off from the continental United States and fly for a very long way. I don’t have to worry about getting permission to land at another base and worry about having somebody try to target the aircraft. It will provide a long-reach capability,” Lt. Gen. Bunch, Air Force Military Deputy for Acquisition, told Scout Warrior in an interview.
http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1599855-air-force-3-star-new-bomber-more-stealthyThe service plans to field the new bomber by the mid-2020s.
The Air Force plans to acquire as many as 80 to 100 new bombers for a price of roughly $550 million per plane in 2010 dollars, Air Force leaders have said.
Although there is not much publicly available information when it comes to stealth technology, industry sources have explained that the LRS-B is being designed to elude the world’s most advanced radar systems.
